I lodge at 25, Dorset-street, Spitalfields. I have done so for the last five months. I knew the deceased. I had a quarrel with her the Tuesday before she was murdered. On the previous Saturday she brought Mr. Stanley into 25, Dorset-street. The deceased came into the kitchen, and asked the people there to give her some soap. They told her to ask "'Liza." She came to me, and I opened the locker and gave her some. She gave it to Stanley, who went outside and washed himself in the lavatory. When she came back I asked for the soap, but she did not return it. She said, "I will see you by-and-by." Mr Stanley gave her 2s., and paid for the bed for two nights. I saw no more of her that night. Stanley treated me. I saw her on the Wednesday. When I met her in the kitchen, I said, "Perhaps you will return my soap." We got quarreling, and we went out to the Ringers' public-house, and continued the quarrel. She slapped my face, and said, "Thank yourself lucky I did not do more." I struck her in the left eye, I believe, and then in the chest. I afterwards saw that the blow had marked her face.
-When was the last time you saw her alive? -On the Wednesday night in the Ringers.
-Was she wearing rings? - Yes, she was wearing three rings on the third finger of the left hand. They were all brass. She bought them from a black man.
-Had she ever a gold wedding ring to your knowledge? - No, not since I have known her. I have known her about 15 years. I know she associated with Stanley, "Harry the Hawker", and several others.
The Foreman of the Jury: Are there any of those with whom she associated missing? - I could not tell.
A Juryman: Was she on the same relations with the as she was with Stanley? - No, sir. She used to bring them casually into the lodging-house.

Elizabeth Long deposed:

I live in Church-row, Whitechapel. I am married to James Long, a cart-minder. On Saturday, the 8th September, about half-past five o'clock in the morning, I was passing down Hanbury-street from home on my way to Spitalfields Market. I know the time because I heard the brewers' clock strike half-past five just before I got up to them. I passed 29, Hanbury-street, on the right-hand side - the same side as the house. I saw a man and a woman standing on the pavement talking. His back was turned towards Brick-lane, and the woman's was towards the market. They were standing only a few yards nearer Brick-lane from 29, Hanbury-street. I saw the woman's face. I saw the deceased in the mortuary after death. I am sure the woman that I saw in Hanbury-street was the deceased. I did not see the man's face, but I noticed that he was dark. He was wearing a brown deerstalker hat. I think he had on a dark coat, though I am not certain. By his look he seemed to be a man over 40 years of age. He appeared to be a little taller than deceased. He looked like a foreigner. I should say he looked what I should call "shabby genteel." They were talking loudly. I overheard him say to her "Will you?" and she said "Yes."

I am not sure what Long means when she said I did not see his face but he was dark. Is she referring to his hair? She also describes him as being "a little taller" than the deceased which would seem to rule out Tumblety.

I am not sure what Long means when she said I did not see his face but he was dark. Is she referring to his hair? She also describes him as being "a little taller" than the deceased which would seem to rule out Tumblety.

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I wonder if he was the "black man" that she got the rings from? And did that refer to an African, West Indian, Gypsy or Hindu? Any might be considered "foreign" -- though Jews were, as well.

I think if Mrs Long thought the man was African she would have said 'black man', whether that meant a person from Africa or from India. I believe she meant a person who was not pale, who had a rather swarthy or olive complexion but was of European descent. She may have just had a passing impression of someone foreign ie Jewish, it just isn't spelled out.

]I was impressed by another instance of ,,will you? -yes.,, happening to Annie 3 weeks prior to the ,,will you? -yes.,, that Lawende overhears being said to Kate. Is it much of a stretch to imagine Eliz answering ,,no, not tonite, some other night,, to this request, or Mary Jane responding that she wouls make him comfortable?
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Many of these women are described as ,,dark,,.